Milk cooler



Dec. 29, 1931. J. A BODES 1,838,610

vMILK COOLER Filed No?. 16, '1927 INVENTOR CLABdes m www;

ATTORN EY Patented Dec. 29, 1931 A` Y UNITED STATES PATENT o irlcE JOI-IN A. BODIES, OF MODESTO, CALIFORNIA VMILK COOLER Appuation nica November 16, yw22". 'semi No. 233,598:

This invention relates to improvements in of rotating or agitating passage member unit. devices for cooling milk in the cans in which Referring now more particularly to the the milk is placed prior to shipment Jfrom the characters of reference on the drawings, and dairy, and is a continuation in part ot'my particularly at present to Figs. 1 to 3, 1 de- F- application Serial No.'209,291, filed July 29, notes a horizontal housing in which is 55 1927 mounted a water wheel 2 of suitable design.

The principal object of my invention is to Depending from this housing are feetV or provide a device which vmay be detachably brackets 3 which are adapted to rest' on the engaged with the can, by means of which a rim 4 of the neck 5 of astandardmilk can in supply of cooling Water will be caused to cirsuch av manner as to centralize the housing GU culate through passage membersY depending relative to the can. The intake 6 to the side into the can but of course shut oi from the of the lhousing hasl a nozzle 7 projecting milk; while at the same time causing the therein with a coupling 8 on its outer Vend flowing Water itself to rotate the passage for connection to an ordinary water hose 9.

members. Not only therefore is the cooling The discharge opening 10 from the wheel 05 eiiect of the water' imparted tothe milk but housing connects with a passage 11 which the milk itself is agitated, which causes the leads back to the interior of the housingover heat therein to be moved to the top of the the hub 12 of the wheel, which'hub is of milk and carried ofi more quickly than would hollow or tubular form.'` Secured onto the be otherwise the case. This agitation also hub and depending thence through the pan causes a greater proportion of the volume of and into the milk can a certain distance is a the milk to be moved to contact withV the pastube 13, closed on the bottom. Adjacent one sage members than is the case when said mem end the tube is formed with an interior cham-V bersare'stationary. ber 14 disposed to one side of the tube and The water after passing through the coolseparated from'v the remainder thereof. A v ing members is discharged over the sides of tube-coil 15 surrounds the tube'13 'in spaced the can, further aiding in cooling' the conrelation thereto, this coileXtending for practents thereof. As a result with the use of my tica-lly the full height of the tube being conimproved cooler the entire cont-ents of a nected at its loweriend to the tube and at its Y standard milk can'will be adequately cooled upper end to the chamber 14. The turns of Si; in about ten minutes time. the coil are widely spacedl and the diameter A further object of the invention is to proofthe coil is such that it Vwill readilyV fit duce a simple and inexpensive device and yet through the neck ofthe can. one which will be exceedingly eii'ectivefor `Securedon to the tube is a` plate 16 which the purpose for which it is designed. Y passes adjacent its outer periphery through Sii' These objects I accomplish by means; otv horizontal slots 17 formed in the feetf so as such structure and relative arrangement of Vto enable said plate to be 'of greater diameter parts as will fully appear by a perusal of than the rim of the can and to overhang the the following specification Vand claims. same. Discharge Vopenings 18 from Vthe 40 In the drawings similar characters of r'efchamber' 14e above' the connection of the coil 60 erence indicate corresponding parts in the therewith arel located above the plate so as several views: to discharge thereon. At its rim the plate is Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation of my imcurved downwardly somewhat and a deflectproved cooling device as applied to a milk ing or baille ring 19 is secured to the'feet and can. extends around the rim'of the plate and can 95` Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same partly in spaced relation thereto and above and be# broken out. low the same.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary cross-section on In operation with the device resting on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1. can, water discharged under normal city or Figtis aside elevation of amodilied form similar pressure into the nozzle 7 will of 1 course cause the water wheel 2 to be rapidly rotated. This of course causes the tube and coil to be rotated likewise and these members, depending into the milk, agitate the same and tend to cause the heat in the milk to rise to the surface. The water after actuating the wheel passes into the tube through the passage 11 and descends to thebottom of the tube. The water confined in the tube being thrown centrifugally with the rotation of said tube will enter the bottom of the coil and will travel to the top. Such water will then enter the chamber 14 and being stillv acted upon centrifugally willbe discharged through the openings 18 onto the plate 16. F rom the pan the water drains from around the rim of the plate onto the sides of the can, being prevented from being thrown farther out by the baffle ring. The continuously flowing water passing through all the parts of the revolving agitator, of course quickly cools the milk. The agitation of the water passage member not only causes the heat in the milk to rise to the surface, as above stated, but causes the cooled surfaces of the tube and coil to come in contact with a much reater percentage of the Volume of the mil than would be the case if such members were stationary in the can.

While the coil type of water circulator and agitator is preferred, I may if desired arrange the agitator in the form shown in F ig. 4. In this form I provide a number of relatively small tubes 20 disposed in parallel but spaced relation to the tube 13a outwardly of the same, said tubes at the top and bottom being individually connected to said main tube 13a.

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that have produced such a device as substantially fulfills the objects of the invention as set forth herein.

lVhile this specification sets forth in detail the present and preferred construction of the device, still in practice such deviationsI from such detail may be resorted to as do not form a departure from the spirit of the invention,

as defined by the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention what l claim as new and useful and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

y 1. A milk-can cooler including'a water circulation passage member to depend into a can, means for supporting said member from the can, means for passing water throughthe member, means actuated by the water flowing toward and prior to reaching said member for rotating the same, a plate below said water actuated means secured to and surrounding the member, said plate being adapted to extend outwardly of the neck of a can, and a discharge outlet from the passage member above the plate.

2. A milk-can cooler including a tube closed on the bottom and adapted to depend into a can, a passage member projecting outwardly from said tube and communicating at both ends therewith, a wat-er wheel secured to the top of the tube, means for supplying water to the wheel to rotate the same, means causing the water after rotating the wheel to be discharged into the tube so as to cause such water to circulate downwardly through the tube and then upwardly through the passage member, a discharge outlet for the upper end of said passage member and a plate iXed on the tube below the outlet and of a size to project outwardly of the rim of a can.

8. A milk-can cooler including a water crculaticn passage member adapted to depend into a milk can, a. circular plate fixed with the member and overhanging the rim of the can, means supporting said member and plate in suspended relation to the can, means for supplying water to the upper end of the passage member above the plate, said member having an outlet discharging onto the plate, means for rotating the member and plate as a unit, whereby the water from the outlet is thrown centrifugally to the rim of the plate, and a baille ring positioned outwardly of the plate to catch the wat-er thus thrown and deiiect it downwardly against the can.

4. A milk-can cooler including a horizontal wat-er wheel having a hollow central hub, a casing enclosing and supporting the wheel and forming a bearingr for the hub, a water passage member secured to and depending from the hub to project into the can, a water supply nozzle connected to the casing at one edge, and a discharge passage in the casing leading from the periphery thereof opposite to the nozzle to the hollow hub.

ln testimony whereof l aflix my signature.

JOHN A. Bones lill; 

